[Android Apps and Games] Enhanced:
Just a few findings that I have through using NoLED for a few days.

At first, I avoided this app entirely because I assumed it would destroy battery life and battery life is already hard to come by on many Android phones. I decided to bite the bullet and just installed it and I would simply just uninstall it if I didn't like it.

After 3 days, I gotta say that it's a MUST HAVE app. While there could be some improvements, it is a very welcomed addition to the functionality of my phone. I wonder how I went so long without it. The dev clearly cares about the battery life of our phones which is evident with the Blink and Proximity Sensor additions.

A few things I've observed is that the Proximity Sensor feature is a HUGE battery saver. I've read a few post back that some users have seen that the PS causes battery drains in itself, but I haven't experienced any of that at all. In fact, instead of scheduling a time off and time on for the app for when I'm sleeping, I simply just use the PS and flip the phone on it's face which will prevent the phone's screen from coming on overnight. When I wake up in the morning, I can just simply flip the phone back over and my alerts throughout the night just come back up. The best part is, that there is very very little battery drain using this method. I left my phone off the charger before I slept to experiment with this. At 100% charged, I left my phone faced down and beside me on my nightstand and went to bed. When I woke up in the morning I noticed that I got several Gtalks and an e-mail. I went to bed at 1am and the Gtalk was at 3am so the alert was definitely in the beginning of the cycle. The e-mail was at 4:30am.

When I woke up at 10am, my battery was at 99%. It only drained 1% over the entire night with the Proximity Sensor activated. Safe to say, I am confident that the PS is a battery saver instead of a detriment. Now I can go abouts fully knowing that when I have the phone in my pocket and alerts are going off, my phone is not in danger of draining it's battery and allows me to check my alerts at MY convenience.

I suggested this a few posts back, but I'll say it again. If possible, can a delay be added before NoLED activates? Seeing as how it's possible with SMS, it would be great if it is possible for all alerts. The app should allow the user to address the incoming alert before NoLED comes on and does it's thing. Many times, I'm sitting at my desk and my phone is beside me and I can readily access it. There is no need for the screen to power on and show me the icon when I am free to answer it. If anything, this will save battery as the screen doesn't need to pop on all the time. Maybe after 2-3 minutes or so (allow the user to set this), if no activity is done on the phone, the app can then activate as it is safe to assume that the user didn't hear the alert or would like to address it later.

In addition, and I'm not sure how plausible this would be, could NoLED be activated while not on the lock screen? For example, if I am using my phone and I get an email which I decide not to check, can NoLED be programmed to know that there is an outstanding alert and then launch once I lock my phone? Then a floating email alert will be visible to me and I can then remember that I still have to answer that email later. Same with a missed call. If I decide to ignore a call and call it back later because I am typing an email on my phone, there will still be a missed call notification in the bar and would be nice if NoLED could show an icon reminding me that I still have a missed call to return once my screen is locked.

Another good use for this would be with Gtalk. When I am in the Gtalk window in a conversation with someone and there is an incoming message, if I don't bring up the keyboard and type something, the alert remains on my notification bar. This is actually a good feature but the issue is that I often miss that message because the sound alert is also not provided when you are in the chat window with the person. The reason why I miss it is because after I finish typing my message to the individual, I like to set the phone on my desk without locking it and let the screen timeout. While this is happening, and I still have the chat window on my screen, the sound alert is not going off so I don't know that the person messaged me back. I have no idea of knowing unless I actually pick up my phone later and see that there is a Gtalk notification in the notification bar. By then, it's sometimes too late. However, because the Gtalk notification is present in the notification bar when the screen times out, NoLED would swoop in and save the day by reading that there is a notification outstanding and then displaying an icon when my screen is locked. I can then know that the person responded and check accordingly. I know that this is long and some of you might not get it, but this is one of my major annoyances with Gtalk and I use Gtalk religiously. If NoLED could alleviate this, it would be amazing.

Anyways, if either of these were an available feature, it would be all I could ever want from this app. :)